--- title: Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2018-19 season resource: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/ publisher: Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2019-05-02 rows: 986 fields: 11 source: https://www.data.act.gov.au/resource/yh26-d6mg.geojson?$limit=50000&$order=:id source_sha256: a946700881ff231a96abffc0b9bed748d26ae88743d439adbc8b138952be2a46 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2018-19 season Weekly intestinal enterococci results at the ACT's recreational swimming sites in the 2018-19 season, one row per site and sample with the result and whether it met the guideline. About 1,000 rows. Published by Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate has not endorsed this site. Also called: ACT Recreational Lakes and Rivers Compliance 2018-19, Canberra swimming water quality 2018-19, Murrumbidgee River swimming water quality 2018-19. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.csv (90 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.xlsx (48 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.json (239 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.geojson (335 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.parquet (15 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.sqlite (135 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.gpkg (225 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.geo.parquet (13 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.ndjson (237 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.arrow (23 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.csv.gz (10 KB) Pinned version 2019-05-02: `https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/rows?micro_compliance=eq.Noµ_result=lt.N&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/aggregate?group=name&metric=countµ_compliance=eq.Noµ_result=lt.N Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `row_id` | string | row_id | | | `date` | date | date | | | `site` | string | site | | | `name` | string | name | | | `micro_result` | string | micro_result | | | `micro_compliance` | string | micro_compliance | | | `algae_result` | string | algee_result | | | `final_compliance` | string | final_compliance | | | `comments` | string | comments | | | `longitude` | number | (longitude) | | | `latitude` | number | (latitude) | | Key: `row_id`. ## Versions - 2019-05-02: 986 rows, 11 fields, sha256 a946700881ff. https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/history.tar.zst ## Part of Recreational water quality at ACT lakes and rivers - [Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2019-20 season](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2019-20/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Lakes and rivers water quality samples, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-lakes-rivers-water-quality/) (ACT) - [Beach Report enterococci samples, Port Phillip Bay, since 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-enterococci/) (Vic) - [Beachwatch swim sites with pollution forecasts and latest water quality, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-beachwatch-sites/) (NSW) - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 100 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-100gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 160 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-160gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 140 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-140gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 180 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-180gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 341 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-341gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 130 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-130gl/) (SA) - [River Murray predicted flood extent at 250 GL a day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-250gl/) (SA) - [River Murray flood extent, 2022 to 2023, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-river-murray-flood-2022/) (SA) ## Attribution and citation Health Protection Service, ACT Government, Recreational Lakes and Rivers Compliance 2018-19, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/yh26-d6mg, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Health Protection Service, ACT Government, Recreational Lakes and Rivers Compliance 2018-19, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/yh26-d6mg, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/ Harvard: Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate (2019) Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2018-19 season, version 2019-05-02 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/ Markdown: Data: [Recreational water quality at ACT lakes and rivers](https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/yh26-d6mg), Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 986 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/v/2019-05-02/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT cover? The current version covers the years since 2018. Each release from ACT Health becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT updated? ACT Health no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT? No. The publisher is Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/yh26-d6mg. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT use? Longitude and latitude in decimal degrees from the portal's GeoJSON export, which is WGS84. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One weekly sample at one swimming site during the 2018-19 season, with the site code and name, the intestinal enterococci result per 100 millilitres, whether it met the guideline, the algae result and final compliance where recorded, any comment, and the site's coordinates. ### What do NS and NR mean in the result? They are the publisher's codes for a site not sampled or a result not recorded that week. A result above or below the laboratory's range is written with a greater than or less than sign. The result is kept as text so these survive. The publisher marks some unsampled weeks as meeting the guideline and some as not, so leave them out before counting results. ### Are later seasons here? No. The publisher's tables for the 2021-22 season onwards state no licence on the portal, so they are not republished here. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.